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Amper, Politziner & Mattia, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants, has announced that David Anderson has joined the firm as a Manager in the firm's Litigation and Valuation Group.
Mr. Anderson is an accredited business appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers. An author and lecturer, Mr. Anderson is the recipient of awards for...

Ben Bedi has joined the Palo Alto, CA office of K&L Gates as a partner in its intellectual property litigation practice. Mr. Bedi comes to the firm from Dechert LLP.
Mr. Bedi's practice focuses on patent litigation and the strategic development of intellectual property assets. His litigation experience includes cases in U.S. District Courts both inside...

The National Arbitration Forum recently issued decisions on the rights to Univision.tv; Webkinzz.com, Web-kniz.com and Weblinz.com; and ChocolateKiss.com.
The following three decisions were made in accordance with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) by independent...

Loeb & Loeb LLP has announced that four attorneys have joined the firm's Advertising and Promotions Practice Group in the New York office. Rose Meade Hart and Pam Benjamin join as senior counsel and Drew Weinstein and John Um join as associates. The laterals join a group of nearly 50 attorneys who practice in the firm's Advertising and Promotions and...

Emilie R. Ninan, a partner in the Delaware office of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, has been elected chair of the Commercial Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA). She will serve a one-year term which began July 1.
The Commercial Law Section and its committees (including Uniform Commercial Code, Banking and Statutory...

Nixon Peabody LLP has announced the expansion of its energy practice with the addition of Peter Swartz and Matthew Moses as partners in the firm's Rochester, NY office.
Mr. Swartz and Mr. Moses have a wealth of transactional experience representing a significant number of energy clients .

Cozen O'Connor has announced the final phase of its restructuring and succession plan, naming Thomas A. (Tad) Decker as president and chief executive officer of the newly reorganized firm. The appointment was effective August 9.
This transition marks the first time the role of CEO will be held by someone other than firm founders Stephen A. Cozen or...

Proskauer Rose LLP has announced that Andrea Ascher has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office. She brings significant experience in domestic and cross-border real estate finance and is a national leader in construction lending.

Lowenstein Sandler once again leads New Jersey with the most top ranked practices and attorneys, according to the 2007 Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm's Corporate, Litigation, and Environmental practices maintained top standing over all other firms in the state, a ranking that has held true since the Guide's inception...

Kadijah Tavia Bell has joined the New Jersey office of Patton Boggs LLP as regional marketing and communications manager.
Ms. Bell's responsibilities will include all marketing initiatives for both the New Jersey and New York offices of Patton Boggs. She previously was with Gibbons P.C.

ONSITE3 has announced the appointment of Robert C. Ballou as its chief executive officer. Mr. Ballou replaces Mark Hawn, who will continue serving the company as its chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Ballou will also serve on the corporate board of directors.

Corporation Service Company(CSC), a privately held company and provider of legal and financial services to corporations and law firms, has announced that it has been named as a "Best in the Business" company as reported by The News Journal, a leading general circulation newspaper in Wilmington, DE. The Company Corporation , a subsidiary of CSC , was also...

Working Mother magazine has named Gibbons P.C. to its first-ever list of the Best Law Firms for Women. Gibbons is the only New Jersey-headquartered firm to appear on this list, which includes the top 50 firms nationwide.
"We are proud to be included on this prestigious list, and applaud the efforts of so many Gibbons people that led to the firm's...

The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP has announced that Edouard S. Markson has joined the firm as tax partner in the New York office.
Mr. Markson most recently served as a director in the Tax Advisory group at Credit Suisse in New York. In this role, he was tax counsel for the Investment Banking, Alternative Investments and Global...

PROXY Governance, a leading proxy advisory firm, has announced that Jim Melican, chairman of PROXY Governance, was included as one of the top Corporate Governance Watch Dogs in the inaugural list in Directorships September 2007 cover story.
Directorship 100 was compiled by editors based on input from a reader poll and a panel of 12 corporate governance...

Loeb & Loeb LLP has announced that six associates have been named to the firm partnership. Kevin Eisenberg, Jeffrey Fried and Laura Maines Vasey of the New York office and David Grossman, Loretta Thompson and Lawrence Venick of the Los Angeles office have all been promoted to partner.
Mr. Eisenberg represents a wide array of national senior...

Proskauer Rose LLP has announced that Andrea Ascher has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office. She brings significant experience in domestic and cross-border real estate finance and is a national leader in construction lending.

Lowenstein Sandler once again leads New Jersey with the most top ranked practices and attorneys, according to the 2007 Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm's Corporate, Litigation, and Environmental practices maintained top standing over all other firms in the state, a ranking that has held true since the Guide's inception...

Holland & Knight LLP has announced that Dianne Smith has joined the firm's Washington, DC office as a partner in the Public Policy & Regulation group and Telecommunications team.
Ms. Smith, a former communications executive and in-house counsel, provides legislative and regulatory counsel to clients in the telecommunications industry. She has...

Eisner LLP, a diversified accounting, tax and advisory services firm, has named Sidney Schwartz as a partner in the firm.
Mr. Schwartz is a tax partner in Eisner's financial services practice. He brings to the firm and its clients his expertise in tax issues relating to hedge funds, private equity funds, broker-dealers, and wealthy executives. He regularly...

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP has ranked first in Delaware and 11th in the country when compared to other firms its size, according to the 2007 American Lawyer Midlevel Associates survey.
"The firm is pleased that Young Conaway is continually recognized as a great place to practice law," said firm chairman James L. Patton Jr.

The CCH Commodities & Derivatives Law Integrated Library combines the expert resources of Aspen Publishers and CCH to provide a convenient, all-inclusive online resource that will help users navigate the complex legal issues that arise in this highly regulated area of the law and minimize risk for their clients. Aspen Publishers and CCH are part of the...

Forty-one Akerman Senterfitt attorneys have been named to Florida Trend magazine's 2007 Legal Elite, a select list of the state's top attorneys, representing less than 1.5 percent of The Florida Bar. J. Thomas Cardwell, chairman and CEO of Akerman Senterfitt, was named among the Legal Elite's nine Top Managing Partners in the state. In addition, Akerman...